“Our new secondary school is scheduled to open in February 2014 with state-of-the-art accommodation for over 800 students. Our community centre has been recently refurbished and a lot of money was raised locally.

“Our GAA club have achieved excellent results and are already in the quarter-finals of the senior championship. At all levels the GAA club is going well and we are shortly to host the Westmeath champions in Feile Na nGael.

“The camogie club, like so many other local organisations, is flourishing presently and we are looking forward to the Gathering in September in conjunction with the annual vintage festival,” said Fr Ryan, who has been the parish priest in Doon since 2004.

Two women and one man have been arrested and questioned over the incident.